This is the HMS Hibernia, Royal
Navy battleship of the King Edward VII Class.
Rob Kernaghan used the Combrig 1:700 scale kit of HMS
Britannia for the basis of the model of Hibernia.
Of course the greatest change is the forward flying off system installed above A
turret and running to the bow. There is a wonderful scratch-built early seaplane
with pontoons on the turret and added plane boom on the forward face of the
foremast. All photographs are by Jim Baumann.